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continued from page A 1
time the core of the reparations
movement will be the focus of
the event. Attention will be
brought to the continuing de­
mand of reparations: the money,
land, goods, technology and
8 holarships which the U:S.
must and should pay African
Americans for slavery, unjust
r and discrimination after
slavery. This holds true to the
descendants of slaves to the end
of the' civil war to the present.
National Reparations Aware­
ness Day is a time to honor and
savor the lives of those ancestors
. ·who suffered the brutalities, in­
justices exhibited in their life­
time and to further the cause for
restitution. National Repara­
tions Awareness Day is for those
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man?
ber of the 444th Quartermaster
Truck Company or Troop Trans­
port Company (part of the Red·
Ball II Express) unit which
transported troops, ammunition
and supplies in the European
Theater of Operations during
World War II.
In late 1944 the 444th was in
support of the 4th Armored Di­
vision from the Saint Georges
Railway Station in Nancy,
France.
It was during this time that
he befriended my family. After
the fighting in our part of France
ended, and the troops moved on,
we lost track of Corporal Ed­
wards.
My parents are now quit eld­
erly, and if Corporal Edwards is
still living, would enjoy having
him visit them in Franc in
honor of the 50th Anniv rsary of
D-Day.
We have exhausted all th
usual search methods and ask
your help in locating him.
OSCAR EDWARDS
: Be r editor,
· The photograph above � of
orporal Oscar Edwards,.
· United States' Army. It was
ken about 1944.
Corporal (lat r believed to be
· er nt) Edwards was a mem-
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sake of "appearances" after com­
munity protests and discontin-
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undesirable occupants and
guests, to evaluate each tenant's
occupants and guests in the
building, to ensure they com­
plied with the terms and condi­
tions of the lease. (Franklin said
the owner failed to respond to
neighbor hood residents or the
Mayor's requests in the past.)
• Initiate condemnation pro­
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owner. Daniel said this would
require that the city have an al­
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Franklin exp con rn tha
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